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Knowledge hub

Bonsai Essentials

Everything we know about growing bonsai, in one place — from your first repot to thread grafting, all of it shown on real trees in Luca’s nursery. Four shelves. Start where you are.

Hands lifting a Pinus mugo bonsai from its watering soak, water draining into the tray — care routine from the kit video tutorial
New to bonsai? Start here

Bonsai for Beginners

Which species actually work, how to buy the right pot, repotting without killing the tree — the guided first steps. 

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Itoigawa juniper young pre-bonsai with wired, bent trunk in a black nursery pot
Own a tree already?

Bonsai Care Guides

Species-by-species references — watering, light, soil and seasonal work for 14 species, from Acer palmatum to Itoigawa juniper.

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Luca Valagussa working on a sokan bonsai Acer palmatum seedling against white background
Ready to shape your trees?

Bonsai Techniques

Pruning, grafting, air layering and structural development — each technique documented on real material, decisions included.

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Ready to Play Bonsai Starter Kit with Pinus Mugo in blue handmade ceramic pot, golden scissors, and bonsai fertilizer on a stone table outdoors.
Looking for a present?

Bonsai as a Gift

Kits ready to unwrap, a workshop at the nursery they will never forget — and honest advice on what to give, and what not to.

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Featured from the nursery

Two good places to see how we work: two decades of decisions on one tree, and the care reference for our flagship species.

Luca Valagussa lifting an Acer palmatum Shishigashira bonsai with its air-layered root pad during repotting
Case study

Acer Palmatum Shishigashira: 19 Years of Development

From a year-long air layer to nebari work and sokan styling — nearly two decades of decisions on one tree, and what each one taught us.

Acer palmatum ’Yamamomiji’ — red palmate spring foliage close-up (Japanese maple pre-bonsai)
Care guide

Acer Palmatum: the Complete Care Guide

Watering, sun, soil and seasonal timing for Japanese maples — the reference we hand to every customer who takes one home.

The Acer Palmatum cultivar library

Deshojo, Arakawa, Shishigashira, Orihime… side-by-side comparisons of every cultivar we grow — behaviour, bark, colour and which one fits your project.

Stuck with your own tree?

I offer 1-to-1 sessions: we look at your bonsai together, on video or in person at my nursery in Italy, and you leave with a plan for your tree.